he left in 1992, Kim and Johnny from the "spit or
swallow" album, Johnny was on the debut as well.
On top of that, I cowrote some of the songs with
Michael from the " Nothing is Sacred" album, he
is still involved to some degree,and I think we will
be doing things together in the future as well. The
live lineup, though, is all the classic guys right
now.
Now you have an agreement with Hammerheart
records which will be re-releasing your early
works as well as the new album. Can you
expand on this? Also, can you give us any more
information on the composition process for this
new album, release dates and future plans?
Yea, we are committed to reissuing the first three
albums this year, as well as putting out the new
one "Alpha and the Omega", as it stands now,
first reissue will be "Weed out the weak", then
either "Spit" of "SAD", then the new album, the
rest of the catalogue will be reissued along 2018.
The new album is finished, all that is left to do is
the layout, videos etc. I think it will be out in
2018. We also have a lot of new video clips
coming out: "Basic Facts of Life", "SAD", "Hooked"
is already up on our youtube channel, and "Crown
of the Empire" is coming out with new footage of
both Chris and James doing their parts in the
song,- its themed around the lyrical content and
will feature some Knights Templar stuff,- what we
got so far looks really good. "The Lions are
Hungry" is another video in the works, looking
great, with footage from our tour in 2003. There
are also videos coming for the new album, which
songs are yet to be determined. On top of that we
will get some touring going asap.
What does playing guitar / singing mean to you?
Well it means a lot, I mean, it’s been my job in the
band for a long time. After l had the apoplexia my
left arm was like spaghetti, maybe 10%
functional, and like with many things in life, it’s
when you lose something you can really
appreciate what it’s worth for some reason, and
the determination to get back what l lost was
very high. I went to rehabilitation training with a
physiotherapist, and during these 3 months l
regained the function of my arm. Now l can play
everything again, and it feels amazing. It also
made me determined to get the band back on
track, so we have a lot of things lined up already,
which is a lot of fun.
When did you realize that you could actually be
a professional musician or at least play guitar in
your life?
Well, it came to me easy, and I’ve always had an
ability to learn stuff pretty fast, so it was just a
natural progression I guess.
Outside of music, what do you like to do?
I have a recording studio, a company that rents
out studios for 100s of bands, like Volbeat,
Saturnus and pretty every band in Copenhagen
both established and up and coming. We cater to
about 230-300 bands on 3 different locations in
Copenhagen, and that is something I work with
every day. In my free time I spend time with my
girlfriend, my step daughter and my family. I like
going out to eat, watching
movies, Magazine
going on
Steel Notes
vacations. Who doesn’t,
I guess, haha.
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